Power-transmission device.



, l F'. DE SOLIGNY.

POWER TRANSMISSION BEVIGE.

Y APPLICATIONPILED FEBJl-Z, 1906.

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I P. DBGOLIGNY. V POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE.

APPLmATroN FILED IBB. 12. 199e.

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.- No. 939,999. Y PATBMED JAN. 1, 1907.

- BDE GOLIGNY.

POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE.

. APPLICATION FILED I`EB.12. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. FRANK nircbnr, vor CHICAGO, viLLiNois.`

PorweRfTRAN'sMlssloN DEVICE.

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Siecicaton of Letters Patent.

Application tiled February l2, 1906. Serial No. 300,714.

Patented Jan.`1190'7.

To a/ZZ w/ t lt t may concern/5 Be it known that I, FRANK DE COLIGNY, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Chi"- cagohin the county of Cook and "State of Illinois, have invented a new and-useful lmmay be varied through the medium @fa confined body of iluid according 'to the escape of the iiu'id from between the two parts, f

This invention is in the. nature of/an improvement upon the power-transmission device shown and described in Letters Patent No. 812,483, which will issue to me February 13,y 1906, for improvement in ower-transmission devices, mypresent object being",` to provide certain changes in the construction whereby the degree of slip of the fluid be under more perfect control and the parts i more evenly balanced, all with a view to adapting the device more Vperfectly purpose. In carrying out my present invention I provide the device with two cooperating eccentrically-mounted wheels instead of one, as formerly.

Referring tothe accompanying drawings,

for its Figure 1 is a partly broken and sectional sideelevation of my improved device, the section being taken on irregular line l 1 in Fig', 3; Fig. 2, a section on irregular line 2 2 in Fig. 3; and Figs. 3 and 4 sections taken,'respectively, o'n the irregular lines 3X Aand 4 inFigs. 1 and 2;

The power or driving shaft A is shown in the present instance, for purposes of-illustra-- tion, as provided with two cranks 5 and 6, though in practice they maybe .eccentric disks, as illustrated in my formerconstrucv tion. The driven or propeller shaft B carries a cylinder C, having an inner chamber nearly surrounded by a bushing 7, formed midway between its ends with an inward extending rib 8.v Around the bushing?, is a conduit or 10. vThe rib 8 forms, in effect, a partition dividing the circumferentialp'or'tioii of the inner chamber intotlie two annularc ('iifip-art-v ments 11 and 12. At' one` side oigfthe parte,

tion l0 are openings 13, formin -portsfbeside of the partition 10 are openings 14, also forming ports between the chamber 9 and compartments 11 and 12.- The bushing at the openings 13 forms a dovetailed seat v15 for slide-valves 16, the said slide-valves being upon a stem 17, actuated from the arm of' a bell-crank lever 18, which has a bifurcated arm 19, engaging a groove 20 in a sliding collar 21 on the shaft B. The sliding collar may be actuated to move longitudinally upon the shaft B and adjust the 'valves by means of any suitable operating-lever having a bifurcated end 22, engaging the annulargroove 23 .l

in the collar 21.

Rotatably mounted upon the crank or eccentric 5 is a wheel D, bearing at its periphery in rolling contact with the annular wall formed by the inner surface ofthe bushing 7. The rim of the wheel slides at opposite ed es in close contact with the opposite annu ar walls. of the compartment 4v11. mounted upon the crank or eccentric 6 isa wheel E, bearing at its :periph-cryin rolling contact against the annular 4wall formed by the bushing 7 and moving atopposite sides of it's rimportion in close contactV with the annular sidewalls of thecom'partment' 12. The Y wheels D and E are eccentric with relation to the center of rotation ofthedriving-shaft, one being at an angle .of one hundred and eighty degrees in advance-.of the other,` as indicated.

At each opening 14'the bushing'v is formed with a concave end 24, and the adjacent face ofthe partition 10 is formed, with a shoulder 25 and a segmental face`26; In each openl ing 141s a swinging abutment or deflector F, l,

it, 'as indicated.

having an opening through One end of the abutment is convex or rounded, as shown at 26,- adjacent to'which the abutnient`is pivotally mounted upon a pin `2'7, i, passing through Van opening thereinfThe swinging end portion of. each abutment flares, as shown, wherebyat its end -it correlOO sponds in thickness the width-ofthe surface 26, and .betweenits inner and outer edgesthe said end is provided with a,con`

cave recess 28. lSprings 29, mountedin thefA chamber or passage 9 adjacent to the .parti- .los

tion 10, b'ear normally upon the outer sur'-A faces of tl'ievabutments F to pressthe'm at -their lower free ends `against the peripheral' surfaces ofthe wheels D E, respectively; Around the shaft A where it passes through the cylinder or shell C are packing-rin S311` lor any suitable form of stuiiing-boinw `ch f IIC serves to render the cylinder oil-tight.` The cylinder may be constructed in sections, as

shown, or in any other suitable manner which may be found desirable.

. In practice the interior of the cylinder, including the passage S) and inner chamber and compartments 11 and 12, is filled with a practically incompressible fluid, preferably a suitable oil. In the rotation of the shaft A the eccentrics or cranks 5 6 are rotated, causing the wheels D E to roll upon the circumferential surfaces formed by thebushing 7. The direction of movement of the wheels is indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, and they operate in their movement to force oil entering through the openings in the abutments around the compartments to and through the'openings 13 when the valves 16 are open. When the valves 16 are closed, they and the swinging abutments F prevent movement or circuclation of the oil, and consequently the turning movement transmitted to the cylin- .der and shaft B will be the same as that of the shaft A. Opening of the valves 16 causes the oil forced or pumped by the wheels D E to pass into the surroundingpassage or conduit 9 to the ports through the swinging abutments and back to the compartments l1 and 12. The adjustment of the valves 16 determines the sizes of the openings 13:' and the degree of slip for the oil, whereby thev more nearly closed the valves may b e the greater speed will be transmitted from the driving to the driven shaft.

Each surface 26 describes an arc of a circle of which'the pin. 27 is the center, and as the ends of the abutments slide in practically oil-tight contact against the side surfaces and bearin oil-tight contact against the peripheries of the wheels the abutments preclude any material escape of oil past them. Owing to the presence of the oil at all. the joints they are well lubricated. while being sufficiently tight. VV'ere the inner chamber not filled with oil, there would be a tendency for oil to work. its way from the compartments-to the inner chamber in the movement of: the rims against the side surfaces of the compartments. Such tendency, however, is practically overcome by maintaining the inner chamber filled with oil, as stated.

Although I show the shaft Alprovided with cranks 5 and 6, I prefer in practice to substitute eccentricdisks for the cranks on account of. the tendency of the latter to churn the oil in the inner` chamber and the resistance thus produced.

What I claim` as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In apower-transmission device, the combination. with` the driving and driven parts, of a. cylinderon one of saidfparts having inner annular bearing-surfaces each surrounding an oil-compartment providedwith inlet and outlet ports, and an loil-circulatingl conduit communicating with the ports, a y

wheel in each compartment, the wheels being eccentrically mounted on the other of said parts to extend. at different angles,with relation to its center of rotation and have independent rotation thereon in rolling contact with the respective surrounding surface, a movable abutment between the said inlet and outlet ports of each compartment bearing against the respective wheel, a valve in said conduit, and operating means for the valve.

2. In a power-transmission device, the combination with the driving and driven parts, of a cylinder on one of said parts having inner annular bearing-surfaces each surinlet and outlet ports, and an oil-circulating conduit communicating with the ports, a wheel in each compartment, the wheels being eccentrieally mounted on the .other of said parts to extend at differentangles with ielation to its center of'rotation and have independent rotation thereon in rolling contact with the respective surrounding surface, a movable abutment between the-inlet and outlet ports of each compartment bearing against the respective wheel, and a valve at pach outlet-port with operating means there- 3. In a power-transmission device, the combination with the driving and driven parts, of a cylinder on one of said parts having an 'inner chamber surrounded by annular oil-compartments separated by an annular partition and each surrounded by an annular bearing-surface having inlet andr outlet ports, and an oil-circulating conduit commurounding an oil-compartment provided with y IOO nicati'ng with the ports, a wheel in each compartment, the wheels beingv eccentrically mounted on the other of said parts to extend at different angles with relation to its center of rotation and' have independent rotation thereon in rolling contact with the respective surrounding surface, a movable abutment between the inlet and outlet ports of each compartment bearing against the respective wheel, a valvein said conduit, and'ope'rating means for the valve. f y

4. In a power-'transmission device, the combination with the drivingand driven parts, of a cylinder on one of said parts having an inner bearing-surface surrounding an oil-chamber provided with inlet and outlet ports, and an oil-circulating'conduit communicating with the ports, a wheel eecentrically mounted on the other of said parts to have independent rotation thereon in rolling contact with the said surface in the said chaman annular Wall7 a chamber inelosed by'said to-swing in Contact with said segmental face Y Wall, and an eccentric Wheel in said chamber `and.bearingagainst the periphery of said [o in rellingeontect' With the Wall7 of aeonduit Wheel, substantially as setforth.

" communicating at onel end with im.v outletport in lsaid Wall and at its Qpposte enil with f V l DE OOLIGNY l an nlegort, saidl inlet-port having a seg- In presence of.h` mentalA ace at one side, and wperforated LANDES,

abutment pivotally monted in said opening W. TQ NORTON. l 

